Candied Orange Painting Van Gogh There is a deliberate looseness

There is a deliberate looseness here

where its movement settles the eye on waking

The rich ambers

This atmospheric acrylic painting shows a tiger prowling forward through dense tropical jungle

strides toward the viewer while the others trail into the distance beneath a soft orange sky

Candied Orange Painting Van Gogh There is a deliberate loosenessTwo halves of an orange fill the frame in glistening close up, their flesh rendered in molten amber, gold and deep tangerine, each segment defined by pale pithy veins. A river of inky black and pearl grey marbling slices diagonally between the slices, swirling like poured paint and flecked with tiny droplets of orange. The contrast is bold and graphic: warm citrus against cool darkness, sweetness against shadow. The fruit looks almost lacquered,